Advertising fly-catcher.



'PATENTED APR. 21, 1908. A. F. HANDLER & K. A. STARKE.

ADVERTISING FLY CATGHER. APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 22, 1907. RENEWED MAR. 12, 190B.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED F. HANDLER AND KARL A. STARKE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ADVERTISING FLY-CATCHER.

Patented April 21, 1908.

Application filed March 22, 1907, Serial No. 363,863. Renewed March 12, 1908. Serial No. 420,696.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALFRED F. TIANDLER and KARL A. STARKE, citizens of the Empire of Germany, and residents of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Advertising Fly-Catchers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to a novel flycatcher adapted to be used as an advertising medium.

It is the purpose of our invention to produce a fly-catcher which is of simple construction and very cheap and of ornamental design. The u per part of the novel device is used for dis aying intelligible characters, that is printecFmatter as well as representations of figures and the like. Although the surface of the device, which is provided with glue for catching the flies, is not flat on any supporting object, but is preferably slanting, no damage will be done because the device forms at its lower portion a paraflined or waxed receptacle in which are collected any drops of glue that may run down.

The novel device is well adapted for use in show windows of restaurants or other parts of same displaying advertisements and may also be used in private residences. In order to avoid that the device disturb the comfort of the guests in public places or be within reach of children in private dwellings, same may be provided with a hook to hang it up at the bottom end of a chandelier or the like.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1. represents in side elevation, partly broken away, an advertising flycatcher which embodies in desirable form the present improvements. Fig. 2. is a section on line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 8. shows in section a modified form of the device and Fig. 4. illustrates in side elevation, partly broken away, another modification of the device.

Similar characters of reference denote like parts of all the figures.

The device is preferably made of paper. It is formed into the desired shape which usually is a right cone or a pyramid.

In the drawing it represents the cone whose upper portion b is intended for use as an advertising medium. The next section 0 of the cone right below the advertising portion 1) is provided on its outer surface with glue to catch the flies. The bottom portion of the cone is formed into an annular channel (1.

In order to strengthen the device the annular channel is made of double material, as shown at c in Fig. 1, which is pasted or glued to the lower surface of same. The channel portion is paral'l'ined or waxed or the inner surface of the channel alone may be waterproofed for the purpose of safely retaining any drops of glue that may run down from the glued portion of the device.

To enable the user to hang up the device, a hook f is provided at the apex.

In Fig. 3 a modified form of the fly-catcher is shown in section. iication is of pyramidal shape composed of the trianglar sides, 9, h, and i. The water proof channel may form a triangle as shown.

The modification shown in Fig. 4 consists of the frustum of a cone whose upper portion forms a straight piece of paper 7a 011 which the advertisement is displayed. A separate paper plate, 1 is shown in connection with this device which is made water proof either on both sides or on its inner surface upon which the frustum of the cone rests.

WVhen sufliciently covered with flies, the device is thrown away and new devices may show new advertisements.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

An upright advertising fly-catcher c011- sisting of a body portion of slanting outer surface having an upper portion adapted to be used for advertising purposes, a central glued portion, and a water and glue proof annular supporting trough below the glued portion and formed of double material.

Signed at New York, N. Y., this 21st day of March, 1907.

ALFRED F. HANDLER. KARL A. STARKE. litnesses:

LUDWIG K. Bonn, LOUISE M. BOERLAGE.

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